Salon owner. Wife. Mom. Entrepreneur. Lifelong student of people.
Erica Knowles has spent more than 15 years helping women look and feel their best. But somewhere between the haircuts, the highlights, and the everyday conversations, she discovered something unexpected.
Hair was rarely the real reason people came to see her.
The salon chair became a place where women laughed, cried, celebrated, questioned themselves, and sometimes simply needed someone to listen.
Dear Bawsey grew from those conversations.
Not to tell anyone else's story...
But to uncover the little truths that connect all of us.
Because sometimes the smallest moments reveal the biggest lessons.
Dear Bawsey isn't about having all the answers. It's about helping people feel seen. Because sometimes the greatest gift we can give each other is simply saying, "I understand. I've been there too.
Everybody has an opinion. But when did we become so attached to being right that hearing new information feels like losing? Maybe curiosity—and being willing to change our minds—needs a comeback.
We spend so much time asking teenagers what they want to be when they grow up. But maybe there's something they need to hear even more: you haven't met the woman you're going to become yet.
After 17 years behind the salon chair, I've realized clients apologize for things hairstylists rarely even notice. A lighthearted Dear Bawsey essay about perfection, people, and what really matters.
After seventeen years behind the salon chair, I've noticed a pattern. People rarely doubt their hairstyle—they doubt themselves. But where did those doubts begin?
Real talk about beauty, relationships, business, motherhood, confidence, and everything in between. No filters. No fluff. Just honest conversations
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